Concerning An Increase In The Class Of Offense For Certain Acts Of Assault Against Persons Engaged In Performing Their Duties As Emergency Responders.
The bill increases the class of offense from assault in the third degree to assault in the second degree for the commission of the following acts:
- Intentionally causing bodily injury to a person whom the actor knows or reasonably should know is an emergency medical care provider and with the intent to prevent the person from performing a lawful duty; and
- With the intent to infect, injure, harm, harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm another person whom the actor knows or reasonably should know to be engaged in the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical care provider, or an emergency medical service provider, causing the person to come in contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, saliva, mucus, vomit, or any toxic, caustic, or hazardous material by any means.